Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c920115dad574fe6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 15:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 66077f6ac678ae624853a94b7feab3c4 SHA-1: 0e276abb3c6918596fa8cef898487005edc05f5d SHA-256: c920115dad574fe6966af5077152354b76a710aced4e171ea92c864a69efd43a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/ripimikokuzo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609328b59393e---japerifinofilarewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/94331387494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notewusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/665f1e69bfc2e95b424087f8afacb2a1/sirofevarezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739a4f214ce---66929901003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0a34daa3b---kajifoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a10364e9a120d820ee25609f42e4b1/mufejimegalewatekofedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c3c0431fab607ebec736fac115cc062/134980539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cdc33a2ff537d61469f0956477cebe/67436133881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/tikesiterijidoveguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cofqphcop24fnjcaemeb5k1v93/molopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13089354639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/50909872128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a41cdd0917---pidinavebikutugekofidoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/35467156703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/73793438556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/bitamefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moranirupusuvemoxesofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/19457927819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607296ba3d5eb---53121783463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumofuragufanipaledufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a13c438f4b---98759062173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///56865576932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/fidemunagixadige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=atividades+sobre+estrelas+e+constela%C3%A7%C3%B5es+3+anoPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A70 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 644862941be53e5dbc1cff08c133b535ce6474cb77d095b6dfd4622d562af426
font_01_sfnt_off00012404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12404 19804 bytes
SHA-256: 8cb20f27fa1e1d05d7d4b4c3571a6b0d6538d151a087332c06f678f47f970abe
font_02_sfnt_off00015351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15351 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1